Social distancing in the Kgalagadi Oct/Nov 2020

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I finished up my last travel tale with the following quote:

Monday 14 October 2019

Even though we were driving all the way back to Cape Town, we couldn’t resist a short trip into the park
We drove as far as the 10km Twee Riveren sign before turning around.
We stopped at Samvloeiing to take the only picture of the morning

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We left the park at about 8am and were home at 9.30 that night, looking forward to our next trip in April/May 2020, which gave us some consolation whist leaving our favourite place.


Little did we know...........That the 27th of March would arrive!!


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0/* Gavin

But you made it back O/\ 0()


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:-) O0


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0() 0()


KTP: Twee Rivieren 12 to 13 May
KNP: May be one day again??
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I don't think that you would have started this without having visited the KTP O**
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Thanks everyone for all jumping on the bus. 0/*


Only problem is that this bus may take a day or two to get going. :o0ps:


To re-cap

After our October/November 2019 trip, we had arranged another visit for May / June this year.
We had a 3 week trip planned which included both the SANparks and Botswana sides of the park.

As our dates came closer and closer, we soon realised that the trip was not going to happen, so we decided to postpone the trip to October 2020 for the SANParks bookings and to April/May for the Botswana bookings

After much searching, swopping of dates and having to deal with COVID at work, working remotely and shutdowns we eventually had a trip booked.


Our itinerary was as follows:

Twee Rivieren 3 nights
Mata Mata 3 nights
Nossob 7 nights
Mata Mata 4 nights
and our last 3 nights at Twee Rivieren

All camping in our trailer O/\ O/\

We had also planned on spending two nights on the way up in Keimos at Oranjerus, so on Saturday 24 October we left Cape Town

We arrived in Keimos that afternoon to find the camp site where we to be spending the next two nights totally over run with locals venturing out for a weekend of partying after a long shut down. @#$ @#$

Not a great scenario -O-

I was quickly on the phone to Twee Rivieren, and the only accommodation available the next night was a chalet. We grabbed it.

So we popped up our small pop up tent and made the best of a bad situation for the evening
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We did at least also see this Barbet the following morning, before setting off to the Kgalagadi a day earlier than planned

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An extra day in the park is a good plan B lol


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At least you saw a barbet.....as you said ;-)


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Luckily for you there was something available


Next trip to the bush??

Let me think......................
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Nice, Gavin! \O


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